Town of Bloomfield Probate Court

Connecticut is divided into 123 probate districts, each of which is presided over by a Judge of Probate elected to a four-year term. The Probate Court has jurisdiction over these and other matters:

• Probating wills and the administration of estates
• Overseeing testamentary and living trusts
• Determining title to real and personal property
• Construing the meaning of wills and trusts
• Appointing guardians for the mentally retarded
• Appointing conservators of the person and the estate of incapable individuals
• Committing those suffering from mental illness, alcoholism, or drug addiction to an appropriate facility
• Removing unfit parents as guardians of their children
• Terminating the parental rights of parents who cannot fulfill their parental responsibilities
• Granting adoptions
• Granting name changes

Staff:
Steven M. Zelman
Judge of Probate

Patricia Robillard
Clerk

Location:
Bloomfield Town Hall
800 Bloomfield Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002

Phone: 860.769.3548

Fax: 860.242.1167

Office hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.; 2 p.m.–4:30 p.m.